Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Maldives
Maldives: Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added was 4.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Maldives, 2003–2025
Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 4.6% for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in 2025.
That represents a change of up 19.5% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Maldives peaked at 7.7% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 3.8%, in 2024.
Maldives ranks 116th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 23 years of available data.
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5.3% | — |
| 2004 | 5.6% | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 7.7% | +38.4% |
| 2006 | 6.6% | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 6.2% | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 6.9% | +11.5% |
| 2009 | 5.4% | -21.2% |
| 2010 | 5.6% | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 5.4% | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 5.2% | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 5.4% | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 5.3% | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 5.5% | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 5.6% | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 5.3% | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 5.1% | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 4.5% | -12.3% |
| 2020 | 7.6% | +68.6% |
| 2021 | 5.3% | -30.0% |
| 2022 | 5.1% | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 5.1% | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 3.8% | -24.4% |
| 2025 | 4.6% | +19.5% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 4.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6.9%, 67% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 4.6% is below the median for South Asia, which is 12.6%, 37% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +68.6% | 4.5% | 7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6.2% | 5.3% | 7.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 5.3% | 4.5% | 5.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.2% | 3.8% | 7.6% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 113 Cape Verde 5.0% compare
- 114 Mauritius 4.6% compare
- 115 Dominican Republic 4.6% compare
- 117 El Salvador 4.4% compare
- 118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.4% compare
- 119 Zambia 4.1% compare
More agriculture & rural data for Maldives
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0459 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 670.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5233 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5749 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Maldives?
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added in Maldives was 4.6% in 2025, according to Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks.
- What is the highest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 7.7% in 2005.
- What is the lowest agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.8% in 2024.
- How does Maldives rank for agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added?
- Maldives ranks 116th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks, published as part of Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing corresponds to ISIC (Rev. 4) divisions 01-03 and includes the exploitation of vegetal and animal natural resources, comprising the activities of growing of crops, raising and breeding of animals, harvesting of timber and other plants, animals or animal products from a farm or their natural habitats.Value added is the contribution to the economy by a producer or an industry or an institutional sector, which is estimated by the total value of output produced and deducting the total value of intermediate consumption of goods and services used to produce that output. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period. Note: For VAB countries, gross value added at factor cost is used as the denominator.